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Wilfred Owen
- Poetry
- Greatly influenced by the
Romantic Poets, particulary Keats
and Shelley
- Siegfried Sassoon also had a
profound influence on Owen's Work
- Georgian poets also influenced him
- Siegfried Sassoon also had a
profound influence on Owen's Work
- His use of pararhyme, with
its heavy relience on
consonance, was innovative
- "There is only one war, of that of men
against men
- "All a poet can do is warn. That is why the
true poets must be truthful.
- "All a poet can do is warn. That is why the
true poets must be truthful.
- Writes about the horrors of trench warfare.
- Wanted to expose this horror to England, and the
willingness of the old to sacrifice the young
- Wanted to expose this horror to England, and the
willingness of the old to sacrifice the young
- Greatly influenced by the
Romantic Poets, particulary Keats
and Shelley
- Life
- Came from religious background;
particulary his mother with whom he
was very close
- Mother wanted him to become a priest and Owen
went on 'experience' to a church but hated it.
- Possibly became disillusioned with religion
during the war as evidenced in his poetry
- Possibly became disillusioned with religion
during the war as evidenced in his poetry
- Mother wanted him to become a priest and Owen
went on 'experience' to a church but hated it.
- Born 18/03/1893 in Shropshire
- Signed up in 1915, volunteered not conscripted.
- Died 04/11/1918 at the Sambre canal in France
- Described the war as "suffering
the 7th hell" in a letter to his
mother
- Descibed his fellow troops as
"emotionless lumps"
- Descibed his fellow troops as
"emotionless lumps"
- Died 04/11/1918 at the Sambre canal in France
- Signed up in 1915, volunteered not conscripted.
- Mother came from wealthy
background but father lost money
and family was not well off
- Came from religious background;
particulary his mother with whom he
was very close
- Craiglockhart
- Suffered shell shock and moved to
Craiglockhart, a psychiatric hospital, in 1917.
- There he met Sassoon, and they formed a
very close relationship
- Owen had a hero-like
admiration for Sassoon
- Possibly homosexual relationship
- Graves and Sitwell, who knew Owen
personally, have said he was gay.
- Graves and Sitwell, who knew Owen
personally, have said he was gay.
- Possibly homosexual relationship
- Owen had a hero-like
admiration for Sassoon
- There he met Sassoon, and they formed a
very close relationship
- Wrote much of his poetry here
- Suffered shell shock and moved to
Craiglockhart, a psychiatric hospital, in 1917.
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